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stillers4me
01-08-2012, 08:47 AM
Tim Tebow and the Denver Broncos were hearing the doubts many months before surprising the NFL by reaching the playoffs.

Rewind to last August, when Merril Hoge, former Steelers running back and current ESPN commentator, unloaded on Tebow over Twitter. Among Hoge's tweets: "It's embarrassing to think the Broncos could win with Tebow!!"
That one drew responses from LeBron James ("How about encouraging him and wishing the best instead of hating?") and Tebow himself ("Hey Merril ... 'ppreciate that").

Even with the Broncos about to face the Steelers on Sunday, it keeps coming. Columnists across the country have panned the 8-8 Broncos, bettors are skewing the spread by going heavily with the Steelers and even the locals are lining up to sell their tickets.

Hoge drew plenty of ire from Denver fans at the time, but he hasn't changed his tune, either...........


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